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A German-born American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as the creator of the special and general theories of relativity and for his hypothesis with the particle nature of light He is said to be the most well known scientist of the 20th century Einstein was born in Ulm on March 14 1879 and spent his childhood in a city called Munich where his parents owned a shop that made electric machinery He did not talk until the age of three but even as a kid he showed a curiosity about nature and his ability to understand difficult math concepts At the age of 12 he taught himself Euclidean geometry Einstein hated the dull school schedule of school in MunichWhen bankruptcy led the family to leave Germany for Milan a Itailian city He later spent a year with his parents in Milan soon he finished secondary school in Arrau when Einstein was 15 years old he dropped out of Milan public schools to join the SwitzeSwiss National Polytechnic in Zrich Einstein also hated the methods of teaching there He often cut classes and used the time to study physics on his own or to play violin He passed his exams and graduated in the class of 1900 by studying notes of a classmate His professors did not think highly of him and wouldnt recommend him for a university position For two years Einstein worked as a tutor and substitute teacher In 1902 he got a position as an examiner in the Swiss patent office in Bern In 1903 he married Mileva Mari who had been his classmate at the polytehnic They had two sons but divorced Einstein later remarried Einstein however wouldnt accept such beliefs and remained a critic of these beliefs until the end of his life Einstein once said God does not play dice with the world World Count 310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bibliography None

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